April 2017

First look at new Anglia fleet

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Sam Hewitt

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20th April 2017

GREATER Anglia has released these images of how its new trains should look when they are delivered from 2019. Swiss […]
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May 2017

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Sam Hewitt

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20th April 2017

[su_note note_color=”#c0142b” text_color=”#ffffff”]Current issue: May 2017 Next issue: June 2017 – On sale: May 19[/su_note] Headline News Brexit and the effect on railways; […]
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Seeing red

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Sam Hewitt

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20th April 2017

THE news that First-MTR has won the next South West Trains franchise raised more than a few eyebrows in the […]
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Fenchurch St Peter

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Sam Hewitt

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18th April 2017

The 1960s brought dieselisation to the railways of East Anglia with rural lines going over to the new traction despite […]
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Remembering ‘D’ stock

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Sam Hewitt

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18th April 2017

The final regular workings of London Underground ‘D’ Stock should take place as this issue comes out. Christopher Westcott looks […]
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When Saturday came…Skegness

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Sam Hewitt

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18th April 2017

It wasn’t just football fans that looked forward to weekends – summer Saturdays used to bring rail enthusiasts out in […]
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New look for Class 230 DMU as Vivarail develops a battery-powered version

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Sam Hewitt

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18th April 2017

VIVARAIL has reliveried its first Class 230 ‘D-Train’ unit following repairs after the engine fire it experienced on test near […]
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DRS Class 88s commence trials

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Sam Hewitt

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18th April 2017

Prometheus has become the first of the 10 Stadler-built dual-mode locomotives to operate test runs over Network Rail metals. By Simon […]
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First-MTR consortium wins South West Trains

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Sam Hewitt

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18th April 2017

IN THE MAY 2017 ISSUE Incredibly, BR-built Class 442s are set to return while new Siemens-built Class 707s will be […]
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50 years of West Coast electrics

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Sam Hewitt

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17th April 2017

FROM OUR ARCHIVES Following electrification of the southern half of the West Coast Main Line in the 1960s, subsequent decades […]
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